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Metadata: 2004-2006, British Trust for Ornithology, Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, The Potential Effects on Birds
Abstract:
Greater Gabbard Winds Ltd (GGOWL) has contracted the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Environmentally Sustainable Systems (ESS) to undertake surveys and to assess the impacts of the proposed wind farm on bird populations. The North Sea and Suffolk coast are important areas for many waterbirds including divers, seaducks, gulls and auks. Offshore surveys were carried out between February 2004 and April 2006 to asertain the abundance and distribution of birds in the "footprint" area of the proposed wind farm, plus an extended "reference" survey area. Aerial and boat surveys were used in accordance with COWRIE recommendations. Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) was commissioned by Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Limited (GGOWL) to analyse marine mammal sightings data collected by ESS Ltd during site-specific surveys of the proposed offshore wind farm development area. These data were used to support the project baseline description of marine mammals and the subsequent environmental impact assessment. The purpose of this report is to provide the marine mammal sightings data. Survey methods and all analyses used to inform the marine mammals baseline and to support the impact assessment are detailed in the environmental statement (GGOWL 2005).
Data holder:
SSE Renewables
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4786 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2004-2006, British Trust for Ornithology, Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, The Potential Effects on Birds |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 6191a0c8a74d52039398e0e6ee7f2619 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 3099 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2006-06-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2012-10-29 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Greater Gabbard Winds Ltd (GGOWL) has contracted the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Environmentally Sustainable Systems (ESS) to undertake surveys and to assess the impacts of the proposed wind farm on bird populations. The North Sea and Suffolk coast are important areas for many waterbirds including divers, seaducks, gulls and auks. Offshore surveys were carried out between February 2004 and April 2006 to asertain the abundance and distribution of birds in the "footprint" area of the proposed wind farm, plus an extended "reference" survey area. Aerial and boat surveys were used in accordance with COWRIE recommendations. Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) was commissioned by Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Limited (GGOWL) to analyse marine mammal sightings data collected by ESS Ltd during site-specific surveys of the proposed offshore wind farm development area. These data were used to support the project baseline description of marine mammals and the subsequent environmental impact assessment. The purpose of this report is to provide the marine mammal sightings data. Survey methods and all analyses used to inform the marine mammals baseline and to support the impact assessment are detailed in the environmental statement (GGOWL 2005). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | GGOWL has contracted the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Environmentally Sustainable Systems Ltd. (ESS) to undertake surveys and to assess the impacts of the proposed wind farm on bird populations. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Origin: British Trust for Ornithology |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Navigation + shipping | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Biodiversity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.9829312026 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 2.0098946908007 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.730523678112 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.8447107824667 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | SSE Renewables | |
| Position name | GIS Analyst | |
| Phone | 01189534303 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | SSE Renewables, 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU | |
| Douglas.parrant@sserenewables.com | ||
| URL | www.sserenewables.com | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | SSE Renewables | |
| Position name | GIS Analyst | |
| Phone | 01189534303 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | SSE Renewables, 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU | |
| Douglas.parrant@sserenewables.com | ||
| URL | www.sserenewables.com | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | SSE Renewables | |
| Position name | GIS Analyst | |
| Phone | 01189534303 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | SSE Renewables, 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU | |
| Douglas.parrant@sserenewables.com | ||
| URL | www.sserenewables.com | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/402/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | no conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2004-01-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2006-06-01 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2009-05-12 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.5 |